Online Art Classes and Painting Lessons for the Beginning Artist who wants to learn how to paint and draw from the comfort of home. Online Art Classes are open 24/7 and registration is ongoing. http://www.artapprenticeonline.com

Build a foundation in the language of color. Learn about selecting and understanding color pigments and artist's acrylic mediums. Why they are used and how this can make your painting techniques more effective. Learn about mixing, and managing pigments and colors. This online course is ongoing, students may register at any time. For more details and to register - Purchase Here

What is a medium? If someone asks which medium (singular) you use they are most likely asking if you are an oil painter, watercolorist, or an acrylic painter. Oil pastels, colored pencil and graphite artists all work in their chosen medium as do those artists who create non-traditional works of art. All these are referenced as mediums and sometimes as media. Mediums are also products used to enhance and manipulate paint. This Classroom contains videos and text lessons showing how to use Traditions Mediums which are products used with acrylic paint.

To you like to being creative? In this course you learn to create your own characters using gourds, Quikwood and paint. The instructor will teach you all the basics you need to know to allow your own creativity and imagination full freedom.

Open for continuous registration. Raised Stenciling is now widely used for home décor. Learn the techniques and applications for creating decorating project for the home.Texture lends itself to exploration with stenciling. Students complete three different techniques and get creative with Texture Medium. Each technique uses a different method and different stencil. Discover new techniques and tools to spruce up old cabinetry, walls, cabinet doors and make incredible fun and funky art on Canvas. This class is specifically designed for enjoyment - no stress allowed. The flavor of this class is geared to inspiration and creativity.

Open for continuous registration. Asian Parakeet: Course emphasis is placed on creating surface textures. There are many exercises included in this course, several of which are transferrable to other subjects. Learn techniques necessary to develop textural contrasts ranging from background atmosphere, moss, moisture and water drops, hard and soft, lost and found edges for establishing dimension. Students come away with many skills for painting tropical birds in a natural setting. All skill levels welcomed. Acrylic - Painted with DecoArt Traditions Artists Acrylics

Discover the beauty of painting tropical birds. Paint four different studies in this course. Prior experience in painting will help the student get the most from this course. Student Support - Streaming video, lesson text, discussion forum, step by step photographs.

Open for continuous registration. Iridescence - Learn to paint the sparkle of iridescence on Hummingbirds. Learn brilliant color mixes for a variety of applications for creating the effects of irridescence. Students will paint three different species of Hummingbirds, using three different techniques. Student Support: video, lesson text, discussion forum, step by step photographs. Painted with DecoArt Traditions Artist Acrylics

Open for continuous registration.The focus of this course is to introduce the artist to the Chippendale style of decorative painting. The course will cover the use of transparent layers over semi-transparent underpaintings. The instructor will demonstrate how depth and dimension can be developed with this interesting technique.Student Support - This course follows the historical and traditional Chippendale methods of the past. Learn to decorate many surfaces with this style of painting

Open for continuous registration. Black & White Tulip Study: Painted on an 18x18" gallery style canvas. This acrylic painting is designed for the beginner to intermediate artist. Paint a large flower on a neutral mottled background. Emphasis will be placed on creating background dimension with a mottled technique. Students will learn how to develop detail liner work that flows with design contours. Student Support - video, text lessons, teacher critiques and feedback, discussion forums. Acrylic - DecoArt Traditions Artist's Acrylics

Open for continuous registration. Bubbles -This contemporary acrylic composition of a whimsical and fun fish is painted on a 12"x36" gallery canvas. The concept of mixing to a chromatic value scale will be taught as students learn to brush mix. This course will demonstrate to the artist how to work with and control color intensity while using a bright palette of color. Form and creating dimension are covered. Several techniques, such as wet in wet blending and refined blending are also demonstrated, along with dry brushed effects for creating interest and surface textures. Transparent air bubbles will also be learned. All skill levels welcomed. Acrylic - Painted with DecoArt Traditions Artists Acrylics

Open for continuous registration. Calla Sophistication is an elegant contemporary design painted on a green mottled background. This 12"x36" gallery canvas (no framing needed) is the perfect support for this elegant flower and will fit into any color scheme for home decor. The student can reduce the size of the canvas and the design if they prefer a smaller size. 11 Video demonstations are included in this class to complete this piece of artwork. This class will focus on value, dimension, and flower petal concepts, these are transferrable skills to use on many floral compositions. Student Support - Streaming video lessons, text lessons, Instructor feedback, and many critiques.

It's a Jungle Out There. This contemporary styled painting is painted on a 12 "x 36" gallery canvas. Learn the art of brush mixing and wet in wet blending with acrylics. Explore and use repetition, contrast, direction, variation, establish formal relationships, and movement through the visual expression and color. Creating color harmony and balance will also be stressed as part of the theory lesson. All skill levels are welcome. Student Support - This course will be accompanied by streaming video demonstrations, written text lessons.

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White Lily, is painted on a 20"x20" gallery style canvas. This course features a traditional lily flower, the artist/instructor has taken it from formal to fresh with this over-scaled motif, and a modern palette. It offers a highly decorative art work for home decor that is an option for all tastes. A very large contemporary lily against a new contrasting pomegranate hued background makes a stunning composition. The design is painted with wet in wet blending techniques to create form and the gradual transitions between the various hues found in this beautiful White Lily. This course is open to all skill levels.

Open for Continuous Enrollment - The course materials for this class have not been completed and are still being created. There is a wait time untill all course materials are completed. Price of course will increase once all the materials are in place.

This 24"x36" gallery canvas will make a real statement in your room. The popular Tuscan styled motifs lend fun and a little romance to this composition. The course offers the student an opportunity to explore many techniques and a wide variety of textures while working with texture mediums. From creating aged stone effects, to old brick and broken plaster, to wet in wet flower petals and worn Terra cotter. The mottled plaster walls and the small landscape vignette also add charm and interest to the large painting. A perfect addition to your home decor.

Open for continuous registration. Sweet Elegance Pansy with Connie Clark is another traditional motif with a contemporary twist. Wet in wet blending with layering applications and a mottled background make this an excellent learning exercise for all skill levels. Realistic water droplets, tints and accents and details will also be demonstrated and covered. Large canvas surface 20"x 24". gallery canvas would also make an excellent surface.Student support: streaming videos, text lessons, step by step photographs and demonstrations will be included with the course.

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Terra Cotta Topiary - Painted on a 12"x36" gallery styled canvas surface, this contemporary composition will fit nicely into most room interiors. A warm palette with cool accents makes for an interesting color combination. The goal of the course is to demonstrate how to work with a low key palette. Students learn to paint wet in wet leaves, and fruit, dry brush techniques are demonstrated and how to balance color with accents and tints. This class is for all skill levels.Student support - video, text lessons, teacher critique and feedback when requested. Acrylic

Open for continuous registration.Discover the Elements and Principles of Art- The Building Blocks for learning composition - Advance your knowledge as you uncover how artists use of color, value, line, shape, form, texture and space, and contrast. All professional artists use the principles of design, such as; movement, repetition, unity, balance, visual patterning, emphasis, variety, contrast, proportion, and scale. See how they do it. These are the most important concepts used for creating a successful composition.Open to all skill levels. Register Here

Open for continuous registration. Discover the hidden language of the Masters while learning to create and add another dimension to your original artwork. Symbolism in art has been used throughout history. Include meaning through the use of color, line, design or through the use of symbolic objects within the composition. Allegory is an intellectual concept that helps tell a story. The artist will use objects or people or elements in a painting to show certain symbolic reference. Each element acts like the pieces of a puzzle to express the artist's 'abstract' idea. Allegory appeals to the imagination of the viewer, it can lead the viewer to interpret the work literally or symbolically. Join Neadeen as she explains in simple terms how to gain a greater appreciation for the concepts of symbolism and allegory.

Open for continuous registration. The Fundamentals of Drawing Level 1 - Yes, you can learn to draw! And Yes, you can learn to draw in an online drawing class! Drawing is a valuable skill for every artist. It helps us better understand line and form and enables even the beginning artist to capture their own ideas on paper with confidence.This online drawing course offers more than 85 pages of written lesson materials plus access to streaming video presentations and forums for getting help with your work. The drawing lessons emphasize the development of observational skills and involves students with the creation of shape and form. This in depth foundational course introduces drawing materials, concepts, and a variety of drawing methods for the beginning and intermediate artist. More than 9 separate lessons cover perspective basics (one and two point perspective and ellipses), structural drawing techniques, negative space drawing, how to use a picture plane, drawing with a graph, and an introduction to sighting techniques. And now your registration never expires plus students have unlimited access to all class materials 24/7! Don't miss this great opportunity to develop or brush up on your drawing skills without ever leaving your home!

Open for Continuous Enrollment - This course is in progress however all materials for it have not been completed and are still being created. There is a wait time until all course materials are completed. Price of course will increase once all the materials are in place.

This is an excellent in-depth course for the beginning and/or intermediate artist who wishes to learn more about drawing and the study of value. We continue to focus on Drawing skills as we explore light and shadow with shading. Techniques for creating texture and how they are affected by light and shadow will also be demonstrated. The instructor will offer numerous demonstrations of drawing and shading methods throughout the course.. This is a very practical course as both the information taught and the skills developed are beneficial to artists in any artistic endeavor they may pursue.

Open for continuous registration -Emerge – Mixed Media - Learn to create a customized mixed media painting you can personalize for a loved one. This class uses texture, personal mementoes, keepsakes and words to make unique one of a kind artworks. Barbara shares creative ideas and thought processes as she demonstrates how to use positive and negative applications as well as color to create this unique art form. Over 12 painting videos and lessons demonstrate the process. Purchase Now

Open for continuous registration. Flower Petal Concepts: Explore different flower shapes and learn to recognize specific forms in flower petals. Twists, turns, folds, ruffles, flower centers, perspective, texture and petal details will be covered. After four text lessons and exercises the students will paint three florals putting into practice what they have learned. Violas, Fuchsias, Daisies, Freesias and all their leaves will be painted. Student Support - Streaming video, painted lesson exercises, forums, teacher critique and feedback.

Open for continuous registrations.Mixed MediaBaroque Wall Art - This course is designed to teach a pait of simple mixed media paintings using both a traditional and non traditional motif such as baroque scrolls and an orchid flower. Students learn how to work with Mica pigments, create a mixed media background treatment on gallery canvas. The surface size is 14"x18" gallery canvas. Student Support - Streaming video, text instructions, forums, and teacher feedbackRegister Here

Open for continuous registration.Have you ever wondered about the tools and equipment that the artist uses? This course is designed to teach all artists about the tools and equipment used in the everyday process of painting. Instructions and demonstrations will include, types of palettes and their setup, waterbasins, brush care and cleaning methods, tools used for prepping a surface, easels as well as tips for setting up the artists work space and station. Brushes will also be covered in-depth so that the beginner artist will gain a good understanding of what brush works best for each media and technique they may be using. Student support - streaming video, text lessons, demonstrations, forum discussions, teacher support and feedback.

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Color Basics for the Artist - Explore Color with an Introduction to both the Color Wheel and the Pigment Wheel. This course will show the beginner/intermediate artist how to look at color with an artistic and logical perspective. Sometimes color can be an overwhelming topic for the artist, in this course the artist will be shown new ways to appreciate the pigments in their paint box and will be shown simple ways to learn mixing. Over 2 1/2 hours of classroom instruction video.

Course start date - open for continuous enrollment - 4 Units - Form & Value - This is an excellent course for the beginning and/or intermediate painter who wishes to understand the principles of value and apply them to the form of objects. The instructor will offer video demonstrations and group critiques will be held. Suggested Prerequisites - Color Basics I - FCBIGH101

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Color Basics III

- This is a comprehensive in-depth course for the beginning and/or intermediate painter. Students will learn mixing techniques, both palette and brush mixing and other methods integral to learning to manage the color process. The instructor will offer numerous demonstrations to teach the student logical ways to identify, evaluate and read color while interpreting them into color mixes. This course will place the emphasis on understanding color intensity and harmony. Student Support - Streaming video, lesson text, discussion forum, live chat room, photographs and quiz.

Open for continuous registration.The Art of Refined Blending is a skill that is learned by developing brush control through repetition and practice. Learning to identify 'Over blending' and 'Under blending' is one of the many subjects that will be explored in this class, along with value and form. This course involves painting & blending exercises for the creation of form and texture while experimenting with different floral, fruit, and leaf elements. Students learn blending skills that are necessary to paint realistic subjects. These skills are transferable to other subjects. Both Acrylic blending and blending techniques common for oil painters will be used in this class. Several compositions will be completed. Some are featured in the graphic below. Student Support - Over 10 hours of video lessons, text lessons, forum discussions, student critiques available.

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Ireland Ruins: Contemporary design for the beginner and or new painter. Using only two brushes and a few supplies, the emphasis is placed on simple techniques like floating and layering to create the architectural forms that lend interest to this painting. All skill levels welcome to paint this unique painting. Class is taught with multiple videos and text lessons. Instructor feedback is available at any time. Supplies listed in the shopping cart.

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In this landscape course students will explore the humble dwellings and domestic life of the Dutch, English and German Countryside. After years of watching students struggle through landscape composition, Neadeen Masters has developed an easy approach for students to create their own original compositions. Neadeen's process shows artists of all skill levels how to create a story and describe their landscape paintings with passion, emotion and mood. Neadeen prefers to create paintings that represent life's experiences rather than produce standard and predictable landscapes. You will discover how she uses her technique to stimulate an intellectual response that starts the creative process for successful composition. This in-depth online class Includes step-by-step illustrations for painting buildings, figures, trees, rocks, skies, foliage, and more along with four complete painting projects. Students will come away with an amazing set of skills which will change the way they think about landscape painting.Student Support - Streaming Video, text lesson, question and answer forum, photographs and quizz. Enroll Now

Open for continuous registration. Iridescence - Discover the beauty of painting iridescence on Hummingbirds. Students gain valuable tips for painting iridescent feathers that these little bird’s bodies and wings are known for. Learn and practice brilliant color mixes for a variety of these creatures. Techniques on how to handle their color, form and movement will be demonstrated through the use of video, written text and photographs. Students will paint three different species of Hummingbirds, using three different techniques. Student Support: video, lesson text, discussion forum, step by step photographs. Acrylics - Painted with DecoArt Traditions Artist Acrylics.

Open for continuous registration - The Mexican Oriole Bird Study: Learn to paint a brightly colored tropical bird in acrylic. Learn to work with and manage a limited palette, create realistic moss, bark, water drops and of course the details of this brilliant tropical bird. Increasing your skill bank is the goal, discover how translucency is used to make the leaves appear more realistic. This small 8"x10" study packs a big punch! Students have 3 months to complete the online class. Acrylic.

Open for continuous registration.This course study is designed for the artist who wishes to learn to paint a realistic Lion. Course emphasis will be placed on creating fur textures. There are many valuable exercises included in this course, several of which are transferable to other subjects. Students will learn painting techniques necessary to develop depth, shadow and color contrasts ranging from background atmosphere, hard and soft, lost and found edges for establishing dimension. Students will have the opportunity to receive critique from the instructor. Student support: Streaming videos, text lessons,forums and individual critiques.

Open for continuous registration. Explore different styles of 'copper' metal. Two different subjects, one describing shiny and highly reflective, the other dull aged copper. The compositions are kept simple to focus on painting the metal surface in these two ways. Copper is a popular metal, its appeal is both because of its reflective surface, its warm color and the wonderful 'patina' it develops with age. Paint both of these looks so each can be included in future still life studies. Student Support: Video, text lessons, forums for feedback and critique.

Open for continuous registration. Painting A Silver Metal Object - All still life painting involves painting metal surfaces. Join Susan Abdella for this online class where Susan will demonstrate how to paint a reflective, polished silver surface. Learn how Susan paints reflections and shines on this silver tea pot. In this class, you will paint one silver object within the context of a small still life composition. The goal is to learn a simple layered approach to painting this type of metal object. I hope what you learn will help you on your way to paint other more challenging subjects and metals.

Parrot Tulip by artist and instructor Neadeen Masters is an acrylic painting on a 24" x36" stretched canvas surface. This class has been created for the first time painter. No prior skill or painting experience is required. Neadeen designed this oversized and colourful tulip flower to make a daring statement. It can also be painted on a smaller surface. Display this large contemporary painting in any room of the home, it will sure add cheer and life to any space. Also perfect for all age groups, the brilliant palette of colors is sure to put a smile on your face!Join Neadeen as she demonstrates each step, starting with a simple explanation of the basic artists tools and the wet in wet painting technique she uses. Follow along with your instructor as you explore simple color mixing, blending and loose liner work. This is another 'jump right in' painting project...this is sure to get you excited about painting! Sign up with a friend and make this a fun project you can do together! Purchase Here

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Peaceful Journey: Combine water, flowers and the color white to create a soft and inviting composition for any skill level. The main goal of this class is learning to illustrate water reflections. Create form with grey values and work on a dark value background using wet in wet blending techniques. The instructor will offer video demonstrations and students work along at their own pace. Critiques and feedback are offered as needed. Student Support: streaming video, text lessons, links to materials, step photographs. Acrylic - Painted with DecoArt Traditions Artists Acrylics

Open for continuous registration. Pomegranates: A Study in Still Life with Sharon Hamilton -In this study, I will work with you on some basic set-up and lighting techniques which can be used for almost any still life subject. The pomegranate set-up is then used as a basis for for a sketch or tracing. You will learn about grisaille and about using Traditions in an extended blendable form. Texture, working with a mottled background and wood grain are all covered in the lessons. Then learn to glaze thin, transparent layers of color over the grisaille to create depth and pizazz.

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Discover the beauty of painting a Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Students gain valuable tips for painting iridescent feathers that this little bird’s body and wings are known for. Learn how to create brilliant color mixes for a variety of these creatures and other birds with iridescent feathers. How to handle their color, form and movement will be demonstrated through the use of video, written text and photographs.

2 Paintings - This course study is designed for the artist who wishes to learn the nuances of painting objects underwater. Students learn techniques necessary to develop depth, shadow and color contrasts ranging from background atmosphere, hard and soft, lost and found edges for establishing dimension. How to handle the color palette and creating distortion in water will be demonstrated. Student Support: Streaming video instruction, written text and supporting photographs will be included. Students receive feedback from the instructor.

Open for Continuous Enrollment - The course materials for this class are still being created. Price of course will increase once all the materials are in place. Beaches, Dunes & Tidal Pools will introduce students to the techniques and concepts of painting shoreline compositions. Complete 4 paintings relating to this subject. Learn the effects of light on water, coast line perspectives, transparency of water and waves, foam patterns to develop the realistic water surfaces of seascapes. Painting sand dunes, beach grasses, wet sand, reflections, wet rocks, shallow water and the water's edge will also be taught in this home course study.Purchase Here

Open for continuous registration. Shades Of Aqua - Altered Art:Try different techniques for developing original abstract art.This class will push students out of their comfort zone and into a looser approach to art. Journey through this creative process as you learn to combine textures and acrylic mediums. This workshop is for those who want to have fun and play, be spontaneous and experience a creative adventure! Appropriate for all levels of students. Class includes text lessons, 4 hours of video demonstrations.

Open for Continuous Enrollment - The course materials for this class have not been completed and are still being created. There is a wait time untill all course materials are completed. Price of course will increase once all the materials are in place.

6 Units - Introduction to painting Transparent Glass 1 - Explore the tools, and techniques used for painting transparent glass and water droplets. Students will learn how to develop the basic concepts and skills necessary to study and paint the illusion of transparent glass and different shapes of water drops for photo realism.Students will paint a variety of glass shapes and sizes in one still life composition using color and texture for different glass surface development. Open to all Skills.

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Paint this beautiful Intermediate to advanced still life study with Teacher Sharon Hamilton, MDA. This course will employ similar techniques used by Peale who was considered the finest American still life painter. The course will show students how to reproduce a small materpiece along with a history of the artist himself.

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The study of four Metals, Brass, Copper, Pewter, and Silver will teach the student how to approach and describe the surface textures of metals. Often seen and used in still life studies, course materials will address one element from each metal group. Several metals are explained and discussed while being painted on study canvasses. Attention will be spent on reflections, shines, patina and palette for each of the metal subjects. Five Studies will be completed. Student Support - Streaming Video, text lesson, question and answer forum, photographs.Acrylic- Painted with DecoArt Traditions Acrylics

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The Power of Observation. Why does the artist's success depend on their power of observation? When our basic level of awareness is raised through education we begin to look at things differently. We then pay closer attention. When our subliminal perception is being used or manipulated to change the way we react or see something we read between the lines, we go deeper into evaluation. The same idea happens to the student artist before they learn to ‘see’. Unless our observation skills are honed and developed we will be unaware of underling or less obvious details. Color is one example. Without a keen sense of observation our basic level of awareness remains the same. Streaming video, photographs, quizzes, text lessons. - No additional supplies required.

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Lost and Found Edges - This is an indepth course for the beginning and/or intermediate painter. Learn how edges of objects create dept and dimension. Discover the secrets to three dimension and make your paintings more realistic. One painting will be completed. Paint along with the instructor via streaming video, text lessons, interactive forums and get feedback from the instructor. - Acrylic

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Tropical Birds - Red Macaw is created with an indirect method of painting. Learn to create the form of this lovely bird with an under-painting that will enhance the subsequent layers of color. Suggested for all skill levels, this small painting is sure to whet the appetite for painting tropical birds.

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Tropical Jungle Toucan1002 - Always Open for Registration This intermediate study will cover the detailed setting of the tropical composition. The bird study is placed in the center of a jungle vignette. Complete with all the trappings of moss, vines, lichen and dead twigs and of course, the best kind of lighting... back lighting. As we begin this new study, it is really up to you how complex you make your background...Follow along with the instructor as you learn how to create the background and the main Toucan subject.

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Learn and understand the nature of shadows. In this simple and short introduction to shadows, students learn what to look for regarding light and shadow. The character of cast, resting and body shadows will be explored, as well as their color, transparency, and form. Make your paintings more realistic, create great 3D effects with added dimension and depth. Student Support: slide show, photographs, written text lessons, discussion forum, short streaming video.

Wild Roses by Artist and Instructor Gaby Hunter is an acrylic painting. It has been created for the first time painter. No prior skill or painting experience is required. Gaby designed this oversized, full blown flower composition to make a bold statement. Keeping details to a minimum, the new painter will gain confidence as they display this large contemporary painting in their home. Perfect for all age groups, the brilliant palette of colors is sure to be an attention getter! Gaby will demonstrate each step, starting with a simple explanation of the basic artists tools and the wet in wet painting technique she uses. Follow along with your instructor as you explore simple color mixing and blending.Gaby offers the student two choices of subjects: The double flower on a large 24"x36" canvas and the single wild rose on a square 18"x18" canvas. You can paint both compositions which will make a stunning and bold statement in your home.Purchase Here

Open for Continuous Enrollment. -Techical Basics For Painting Wildlife Fur: This is an in-depth technique course for the beginning and/or intermediate painter who wishes to paint realistic wildlife fur. Students learn the brush techniques to render texture, pattern, direction and length. Color is discussed relative to light, contour, and surroundings. Glazing, painting light and shadow, integral to the process for painting different types of animal fur is demonstrated. Follow the instructor as step by step painting instructions and exercises are explored and applied. Student Support - Painting Videos, text lessons, question and answer forums, step by step photographs.Three 16x20 wildlife animal studies wil be completed. A Cougar, Male Lion (shown below) and two Zebras are the subjects.

This simple acrylic painting is designed for the beginner to intermediate painter alike. Students learn to work with the palette knife as well as the brush. Various textures of the background are developed with the palette knife and simple painting techniques. If you can't wear them, then you can certainly learn to paint the iconic black heels that every woman dreams of wearing! LOL!

Advance your painting skills and knowledge. This progressive painting course includes 27 paintings and over 60 art lessons. The Core is for the beginner as well as experienced artists who wants to further understand all the principles of painting. This is taught in a sequential and logical way. Each painting lesson builds on the next. The Core is built on the primary concepts of learning art theory and painting techniques.

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Taught using DecoArt Traditions Artist Acrylic Paints.

Self paced - with step by step instructor feedback a evaluation along the way.

Core Class #9 - Blending Method # 4 - Block & Blend and Indirect Painting Method - Block & Blend as it is often called is also a combination of both indirect and direct painting methods. A majority of artists combine both applications to create a single painting. Initial layers are often blended directly, and after this first layer has dried, indirect applications of transparent colors are glazed over opaque layers to assist in the further creation of form. This style of blending also renders a painterly style of brushwork.

If you love landscape painting, you'll really enjoy the second study in this course explores the true Indirect Painting Method:Learn the paint application made popular by the Old Masters. Multiple layers of paint are applied to create form, depth and luminosity. Beginning with transparent applications, the artist first creates the initial layer, next opaque layers are used to facilitate form, and subsequent transparent layers are applied to create the local color of objects.Complete 2 paintings (under-painting landscape and Bell pepper) Purchase here

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Learn new painting techniques with acrylics and Texture Medium. This class will also explore an authentic ancient painting using modern day pigments and mediums as students replicate the ancient Lion of the famous Babylonian Ishtar Gate.

Extra Bonus - Art history component - Unlock the secrets of the artist’s palette and explore the color palettes of some of the Old Masters like Rembrandt, Titian, Van Eyke, Goya, and Vermeer. Learn how to look at modern day pigments and make decisions when selecting available pigments today.

This is a fun, and interesting hands-on dimensional painting using heavy textural mediums and colourful glazing techniques. No prior skill required.Purchase Here

In this course, discover and learn a wide range of painting techniques are taught and will prepare the student for creative exploration. These techniques help the student develop their own independent painting styles. Brush handling, brush pressure, brush loading and execution are incorporated into each lesson while the student works towards the desired result.

Blending Methods 2 – Direct application ‘wet on wet’ used for Creating Form - Direct painting is commonly known as alla prima or premier coup painting. This refers to a painting methodwhere the artist applies strokes of paint in one sitting, with the intention of letting it become the final application. There is no over-painting after the first layer of paint has dried. This technique was made popular by the impressionistic painters of the nineteenth century. It renders a more 'painterly' style of art. In this course, students will paint a country landscape painting after the style of the famous English landscape artist John Constable. The landscape is called, 'Cottage In A Corn Field'Complete one landscape painting

Art From the Beginning - Cave Painting: Learn to paint prehistoric cave art and replicate the painting techniques used by cave dwellers from the Lascaux caves in France. Use sticks, straws and fingers to create authentic faux painting techniques used by ancient cave dwellers to create rock art and the look of limestone cave walls and animal motifs. Discover the history & beginning of this art as we know it today. This is a fun and interactive class for novice as well as experienced painters who wish to learn about ancient cave painters. 1 painting - Cave Painting Study, 2:30 hrs video instruction.

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Learn how to paint on light, medium and dark key backgrounds and how the artist can adjust their color palette to suit.

Discover how the value of a background can affect the mood, and overall impression of a painting. This class is valuable for any artist wanting to create additional drama in their paintings. Reinforce your blending techniques.

IMPORTANT Suggestion: It is highly recommended that students have a good understanding of the concept of form. Taking Core class #4 will be very helpful to the success of this still life painting. Core Class #5 builds on the concepts taught in Core Class #4.

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Core Class #1 - Craftsmanship: Surface preparation, artists tools and materials.The goals are to prepare and train the student for painting on several traditional and standard surfaces. Proper preparation of surfaces and maintenance of materials and the correct use of standard artist’s tools and the application of finishes are covered. Learn to prepare canvas, tin, glass, wood, metal, as well as recycled surfaces. Learn to make your own beautiful colored stains using pure pigments.This is an excellent foundational class for the new painter.Registration is ongoing, students may register for this course at anytime. Purchase here.

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Color Temperature in Landscape painting - Discover how color temperature in nature can be used to establish a focal area and create depth and dimension. Learn how the use of warm and cool color contrast to help establish distance, atmosphere and overall mood. Color temperature also plays an important role in creating movement and energy in a painting and the student learns to use this to their advantage to create emphasis and attention. The concepts taught in this class will enhance all your landscape paintings. This class includes over 5 hrs of video demonstrations. Purchase here

Complete One painting (poppy landscape with sheep)

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Core Class #14 - Controlling the Dimensions of Color - Explore color Intensity and how it directly helps to establish color relationships for depth and creating a sense of space. The goal of this course is to learn a practical application where intensity is controlled while painting a fruit still life to illustrate depth and dimension.

Creating depth and dimension in painting is the key to successful artworks. Depth creates the illusion of reality and space. All three dimensional art works depend on the artist being able to describe something that is intangible. The artist can only do so by manipulating color relationships between the objects and the background. Join Sue Pruett as she shows you how to establish this illusion through the use of color. This class includes 5 hrs of video. Purchase here

Complete One painting - Lemon still life.

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Core Class #16 - Creating Depth & Dimension - Introduction to simple shadows: Discover the illusion of three dimension.Understand the properties of simple and complex shadows and how they affect the illusion of space. In still life painting,shadows create a sense of space and depth. Learn to create shadows. This class will include 5 hrs of video content. Purchase here.

Complete Two paintings A Daisy still life and Orange Still life

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Core Class #17 - Historical Decorative Art Techniques - Strokes and Scrolls: Explore the brush work and learn brush control necessary to create historical ornamentation. Complete three different paintings and several exercises to render this fluid and rhythmic art form.This class includes over ten hours of video content. Purchase here

Complete Three Stroke Designs.

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Core Class #2 - Introduction to Value & Painting the Mexican Sunset Painting. Training the new artist to see value relative to composition.

Learn about value and light and how it applies to art in a composition.

Gain a better understanding for Notan and Contrast and discover the role they play to create drama in a painting.

Students create in-depth painting exercises help to reinforce these important concepts and principles of art. The instructors have developed a step by step process for separating values to show the effects of light. The layering of transparent color for dynamic visual effects is also stressed. Students apply what is learned as they paint the 'Mexican Sunset' painting. The material presented in this class is a 'must know' on every artist's list of educational experiences.(1 painting) Mexican Sunset

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Core Class # 6 - Blending Methods One - Blending Paint is an important aspect of painting styles. Learn the differences between ‘wet in wet’ and ‘wet in dry’ blending methods. Learn to use a combination of Indirect and Direct painting methods to render the form of an object.Discover how casual blending styles can also be used to portray a more 'painterly' style of art. Students will learn brush control, brush loading and painting techniques and how controlled brush pressure affects the desired result. The goal of this online art class is to show how the two different blending methods will result in different 'looks'.

Two small painting studies are completed.

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Never Painted Before & For Beginners and Beyond Tier One Class #4 - Overview of Color, History of Color and Mixing Study - Munsell: This color theory tutorial is great for the beginner painter who wants to learn about color and mixing. Discover this important color mixing wheel that will become your most important color mixing guide as you learn how to measure and see color in three dimensions. Making your own color mixing charts will become a fun and informative study in the future. Get started now and experience color history, color theory and a new color mixing charts wheel.Purchase here

Introduction to painting Leaves and Fruit with Instructor Carla Cosby, CDA.“Introduction to Fruit and Leaves” consists of 3 progressive lessons. The course is geared toward those students that want to learn acrylic painting using an extended palette to achieve depth and translucency. We will start at the basic anatomy of the subject and its underlying values and end with the application of color glazes, tints and water drops. The series has over two and half hours of video, down-loadable pfd instructions, step photos and teacher assistance as close as posting a question. Come join me!Registration is ongoing, students may register for this course at anytime. Purchase here.

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Lavender Fields - Using correct perspective gives your paintings depth, making them seem more realistic. It is important to understand how perspective can be used to control the eye movement of the viewer. Purchase Here

Complete One Landscape Painting - Registration is ongoing, students may register for this course at anytime.

Rosehips - Refined Blending used for Creating Form - Refined Blending is a formal and disciplined method of paint application. Often used in photo realistic styles of painting. Both direct and indirect applications are combined to render form. This style of blending is quite structured. Initial layers are usually created by blending together opaque values using a controlled form of blending referred to as 'refined'. When the initial layers are dried, subsequent layers of opaque and transparent pigments render the final object.

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Still Life Fruit and Vegatables - Understanding Color Temperature - Discover the role of a cool or warm temperature light source and how this relates to the final painting and the choice of color palette and background. In this class, students will learn how to work with a chromatic value scale. How to adjust color for warm light as well as cool light. Enhance your color knowledge, as you learn more about the property of color temperature. Besides learning several important concepts, these three subjects will make an attractive collection for home decor. This class has 6 hrs. of video instruction. Complete3 small still life studies. The subjects are: (tomato, eggplant, artichoke)

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Core Class #3 - Three Dimension and Form - Discover ways to make objects appear three dimensional. Create the illusion of space and mass with correct value placement relative to light and Form. This class is necessary for the artist who wants to paint realism. It is invaluable to all artists regardless of skill level.

Learn how to build a correct ten value grey scale,

Learn about value placement. Place correct values on different forms such as spheres, cubes, cylinders, and cones, and how necessary this is to illustrate 3D mass on a two dimensional surface.

Take your artwork to a new level with a greater understanding of form and how it relates to light and contrast. This is a foundational class, and one of the building blocks of all art.Purchase Here

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Study the degree of transparencies relative to background colors and values.

While painting a Greek vase, students will explore the artistic reasons for using opacity and transparency based on this method of painting.

Red Figure paintings on vases were also very popular in archaic times. Red figure vases also places the emphasis on pictorial subjects. The painted decorations that we see are described as silhouettes painted on a red orange (clay) background. Artists depicted scenes from mythology and from everyday life as stories that are painted on clay vases. In this course, discover how opaque and transparent pigments create these beautiful art works. The choice of subject for this class lends an historical element while teaching sound principles and techniques for learning to paint. Purchase Here

Opacity, Transparency and Translucency of Color

- Explain the differences between opacity, semi-transparency, transparency, translucent- Understand light and pigment- Using several pigments – study the degree of transparencies relative to backgrounds.- Artistic reasons for using opacity and transparency based on method of painting.

Tier One Class #2 - Naymlap - Pre-Colombian Art & Getting to Know Paint -Indigenous peoples from vast geographical areas used available elements to create their art works. They also relied on native animals to provide for warmth, food and/or tool making materials or fiber for textiles. Their use of color and design was often inspired by their belief systems, gods and their environment. Explore the use of texture mediums and mica to create the faux effects of inlaid gold. This class places the focus on color glazing applications and shows the artist how to use both transparent and opaque applications. These elements came from the earth such as the raw pigments, gems, minerals, and stones to represent and describe their individual cultures and identities. Explore the development of paint through early pigments.Learn about the art of early cultures and replicate an authentic Pre-Colombian amulet. No prior skill required.Also learn how to become a safety conscious artist by being aware of the ingredients paints and artist’s materials.

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Tier One Class #3 - Structure of Color -Introduction to Color & Black Figure Vases - Seeing color with the standard Color Wheel and understanding the structure of color is the goal of this course. Learn how to create a Color Wheel and how to use Color Schemes for painting. Observe how the ancient Greek artists incorporated story telling into their art forms while you learn techniques for painting Black Figure Greek Vases. Artists depicted scenes from mythology and from everyday life as stories that are painted on clay vases. This class will open your eyes to the history of the color wheel and at the same time have fun painting an ancient art style. No prior skill required.Registration is ongoing, students may register for this course at anytime. Purchase here.

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Introduction to form in still life painting. Discover how to render correct form relative to light source with a monochromatic under painting in still life painting.

Learn to Proof a design for accuracy.

Learn to create a value sketch prior to painting.

Explore both an umber and gray scale under-painting.

Learning to develop a three dimensional composition with correct value placement.

Learn how to trouble shoot the design elements prior to painting with proofing exercises and by rendering a graphite pencil shading.

This course also teaches the student how to render a grouping of objects, establish value relationships and create depth and dimension in a still life painting

IMPORTANT Suggestion: It is highly recommended that students have a good understanding of the concept of form. Taking Core class #3 will be very helpful to the success of this still life painting. Core Class #4 builds on the concepts taught in Core Class #3.

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